Ben is a writer based in New York State. He divides his time between New York City and Albany, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at SUNY Albany.

His novel, The Sea Beach Line, was published in 2015 by Fig Tree Books.

His previous publications include the punk rock novel, Harvitz, As To War (Iron Diesel Press, 2011), the poetry chapbook, The Men Who Work Under The Ground (KTBAFC Press, 2012), and the nonfiction monograph/chapbook/zine Punk in NYC’s Lower East Side 1981-1991 (Microcosm, 2014).